There were more than a hundred steps, and even though Hou Jiu walked very slowly, he finally reached the sarcophagus.
"Hurry, open it quickly."
Seeing Hou Jiu standing motionless in front of the sarcophagus, Deng Wei shouted anxiously.
Hou Jiu looked back at Deng Wei, and then slowly stretched out his hand, preparing to touch the lid of the sarcophagus. However, just when Hou Jiu's hand was about to touch the sarcophagus, a sound of breaking wind sounded,
Hou Jiu, who has been a tomb robber for many years, immediately sensed the crisis and immediately withdrew his hand.
call out!
The moment Hou Jiu took his hand back, a cold arrow was shot on the sarcophagus, hitting the position of the sarcophagus that Hou Jiu's hand was about to touch.
A cold arrow shoots into the sarcophagus, which requires such terrifying power.
Cold sweat broke out on Hou Jiu's forehead at this moment, and he was glad in his heart that he had sensed the crisis and stopped his hand. Otherwise, I am afraid that his hand would have been shot directly by the cold arrow at this moment.
"who!"
The moment the Leng arrow was shot, Deng Wei's eyes were looking in the direction where the Leng arrow was shot. Not only Deng Wei, but also Du Ruoxi and Hou Jiu.
"Guardian."
A deep voice appeared, and then, a figure came out from under a stone pillar in the hall. When they saw this figure, Deng Wei and the other three were stunned.
"General? What are you doing?"
When Hou Jiu saw the general holding a crossbow in his hand, his face suddenly turned ugly. Didn't the general know that if he hadn't dodged quickly just now, this arrow could have disabled one of his hands?
"Master Jiu, I'm telling you, this sarcophagus cannot be touched, and no one can touch it." A smile appeared on the general's face. At this moment, the general no longer wore the bronze armor.
"You are not a general." Deng Wei, who had been staring at the general, said, "You are also an immortal."
"Immortal, I don't like this title very much. I still like others to call me guardian. I protect this place and don't allow anyone to set foot here, especially you aliens."
The crossbow in the general's hand was suddenly aimed at Deng Wei, and then he shot an arrow directly.
Chi!
The powerful cold arrow shot directly through Deng Wei's knee. There was no doubt that Deng Wei's injured foot fell to his knees directly on the ground.
"The next one is you."
After an arrow shot through Deng Wei, the general pointed the crossbow at Du Ruoxi again, and still shot the arrow decisively without any mercy.
Different from Deng Wei, Du Ruoxi's arrow was shot on her arm, and the blood soon dyed her arm red and fell to the ground drop by drop.
"General, what are you doing?" Hou Jiu's face changed drastically when he saw Deng Wei and Du Ruoxi were hit by arrows at the same time, "Are you possessed by evil spirits?"
"He is not possessed by evil spirits. He is not a general at all. He is just an immortal." Deng Wei tried hard to stand up, but he had been suppressed and turned into an ordinary person, facing the man who had his knee pierced.
He was so injured that he couldn't stand up at all.
"Your purpose is just the same as ours, just to get it." Deng Wei looked at the general and said with a sneer.
"No, my purpose is different from yours. I got it to complete my mission, and you, you got it for yourselves. We are different."
The general shook his head, "My mission is to prevent people like you from getting that thing."
"Haha, that's really funny."
Deng Wei suddenly laughed loudly, "If I remember correctly, your mission is not to allow you to enter this palace. You can only guard the outside of this palace. Tell me, is it right for you to enter the palace now?"
It has violated your mission."
"That's because you came in, so I had to come in." The general became a little excited, "I was forced by you."
"Don't make excuses for yourself. You have already betrayed your mission. Otherwise, how could you become a general? Because you want an identity, you want an identity to leave here."
Deng Wei laughed wildly and stood up suddenly, while the general showed an angry expression on his face and shot Deng Wei with another arrow.
Chi!
Deng Wei's other knee was also shot through, and he fell to the ground, but he still had that mocking smile on his face, "Your mission is to guard this place, but as for you, you have become
If I guess correctly, you are a member of the army that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty left here two thousand years ago."
Deng Wei seemed to feel no pain, and just stared at the general, "Two thousand years have passed, and you have long forgotten your mission. If it were not for the contract that bound you, I am afraid you would have escaped long ago. And now, we
The arrival of , finally gives you a chance."
"Is what I said right? One of the twelve remaining guards."
The general's expression changed drastically, and he could no longer maintain his previous complacency, "You...how do you know this?"
"Because I have been to the tomb of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and these are all recorded in the tomb of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty." Deng Wei's lips curled up slightly, "You twelve guards were specially left by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty
The mission entrusted to you by Emperor Wu is to guard the Palace of the Queen Mother of the West for the rest of your life and not allow anyone to enter, including yourselves."
"So that's it, no wonder you know this." After the initial shock, the general slowly regained his composure, "Yes, everything is as you said, I am one of the twelve,
And as you said, our mission is to prevent anyone from entering this hall."
Previously, the general told Qin Yu the story of how Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty led his army into the Mountain of the West Queen two thousand years ago. However, the general did not finish the story. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty finally left, he left behind twelve guards around him.
, and let these twelve guards guard here forever.
The reason why Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty issued such an order was because these twelve guards had become immortals. But Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was an emperor after all, and the emperor would not completely trust anyone other than himself, so he
These twelve guards made an oath and formed a contract. Once they violate their mission, they will be struck by five thunders and die immediately.
Yes, in the first hundred or even thousands of years, these twelve guards have been guarding the Mountain of the Queen Mother of the West and performing their missions.
However, the long years can erase everything in a person, including the original loyalty and vows. Some of the Twelve Guards want to leave. With their long lives, if they leave the Mountain of the Queen Mother of the West and return to the secular world, will that be the end of the world?
Have endless power?
It is said that when a person stands at the top, he will seek immortality because he is reluctant to give up. However, the situation of these twelve guards is exactly the opposite. They have already obtained immortality, so what they crave is status.
They were eager to leave. However, what made these twelve guards desperate was that when they walked down the mountain of the West Queen Mother, they were actually hit by five thunders. Even if they were immortal, they would not be able to leave here.
It was also destroyed by the thunder.
Because this is their own blood contract, and they are not truly perfect immortals.
Eleven of the twelve guards died, leaving only the last one.
The guard did not dare to leave or enter the palace. In the long years that followed, he was waiting for an opportunity to come.
"You should have reached the sub-perfect state of the immortal. You devoured the general and copied him perfectly. Now as long as you get that thing again, you will be a truly perfect immortal body, and you have got rid of your own
In the past, you no longer need to be afraid of the blood contract, this is your real purpose."
"Boss Deng, what's copying? What's going on?" Hou Jiu was confused. Aren't people just people? Is it possible that they can change seventy-two times?
"Our Master Jiu can't understand, should we show it to Master Jiu?" Deng Wei did not answer Hou Jiu's words, but looked at the general and said.
The general snorted coldly and did not answer, but the next moment, the face changed. The facial features slowly disappeared, and in the end, it became only four simple lines.
"How is this possible?" Hou Jiu's surprised voice was trembling. A person's face turned into lines. This was beyond his cognition, even if it was not the case he had encountered in any ancient tomb before.
The strangeness before my eyes.
"Isn't it weird? This is the secret of immortality. Only by turning into a line face can you live forever. But the real perfect form of immortality has only three lines. He is still a little short of it."
"Boss Deng, what is in this sarcophagus?" After a while of silence, Hou Jiu finally figured it out. Whether it was the guard who turned into a general, Boss Deng or Miss Du, these three people
They are all immortals, but they have certain flaws, so they need something in this sarcophagus to make up for them.
"You have to know, won't you know if you open this sarcophagus?"
Hou Jiu did not ask any more questions, but looked at the general.
"I originally planned to kill you two before opening this sarcophagus, but whatever, for the sake of being immortals, I will let you watch how I turn into a perfect immortal, and you two can go away satisfied.
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The general spoke, pointed the crossbow in his hand at Hou Jiu, and ordered, "Open this sarcophagus and take out the contents."
Hou Jiu had no choice but to turn around and open the sarcophagus again. As Hou Jiu's hand pushed the sarcophagus, the expressions of the general, Deng Wei and Du Ruoxi all became nervous. They had finally sought something for so long.
It's time to show up.
The lid of the sarcophagus was slowly pushed open. Although Hou Jiu had a labored expression on his face, at the first moment when the sarcophagus was pushed open, his eyes looked into the sarcophagus.
His pupils dilated instantly, and he was so surprised that he could fit an egg into his mouth.